Apparently there was some drama on Bluesky, but to be honest I can’t quite unravel the full extent of it. Just a quick shout-out to the CEO and CTO, who I have a lot of respect for. Strong principles and vision. There will be occasionally missteps because we’re all human. Keep moving forward.

@manton you mean the drama where their CEO made light of trans peoples issues in today’s society?

@JonathanGulbrandsen Is that what it was? Like I said, I couldn’t tell what people were actually talking about! To be clear, my blog post is not a commentary on the substance of whatever it was.

@manton it appears some are angry that Jesse Singal has not been banned for being a transphobe. Never mind that he isn’t a transphobe but that hasn’t stopped anyone from making the claim 😆

@manton I didn’t even notice. Guess it didn’t trickle down (or overflow) to the academic and journalist circles there that I tend to follow for history, national security, human rights, and such.

@jkratz Ah, thanks for the context!

@manton FYI, considering the issue in question, this post will not age well.

@pratik @manton at all! One more reason not to ever go back to micro, or anything related to OP.

@manton Considering what is going on in your country, that was a hot take that is well over-cooked. @pratik

@manton The strong principles of <checks notes> making fun of marginalized people?

@dandean which marginalized person did the bi-racial female CEO make fun of? I missed that part.

@jonathandoe25 thank you for the chuckle on a Friday afternoon. Would have been more effective if you were jonathondoe88 though.

@jonathandoe25 Are you people all ok?… What is “hateful” in Manton’s post?